Intro to Giotto
Sculpture and Architecture
Giotto and Duccio
Gothic
100
Vernacular Literature
What is language written for the common people, not in Latin
100
Pulpit
What is a raised platform or lectern in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon.
100
Foreshortening
What is portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision
100
Collonette
What is a small or thin column or shaft
200
Republic
What is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
200
Trefoil
What is a small European plant of the pea family with yellow flowers and three-lobed clover like leaves.
200
Humanitarianism
What is the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
200
Triforium Gallery
What is the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery
300
Black Death
What is the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
300
Arches
What is a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.
300
The divine comedy
What is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between c. 1308 and his death in 1321
300
Bay/Aisles
What is huge arch way
400
City-state
What is a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
400
Quatrefoil
What is an ornamental design of four lobes or leaves as used in architectural tracery, resembling a flower or four-leaf clover
400
Saint Francis
What is an Italian Catholic friar and preacher
400
Rose Window
What is a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose.
500
Humanism
What is an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.
500
Frame
What is a rigid structure that surrounds or encloses something such as a door or window.
500
Usury
What is the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
500
Lancets
What is a small, broad, two-edged surgical knife or blade with a sharp point.
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